Sergiy Korsunsky Explained

Sergiy Korsunsky
Office1:Ambassador of Ukraine to Japan
Term Start1:2020
Predecessor1:Ihor Kharchenko
Office2:Head of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Term Start2:2017
Term End2:2020
Predecessor2:Tsivatyi Viacheslav
Successor2:Nadolenko Gennadiy
Office3:Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey
Term Start3:2008
Term End3:2016
President13:Petro Poroshenko
Primeminister3:Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Predecessor3:Oleksandr Mishchenko
Successor3:Andrey Sibigia
Office4:Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine to the United States
Term Start4:2005
Term End4:2005
President4:Viktor Yushchenko
Predecessor4:Mykhailo Reznik
Successor4:Oleh Shamshur
Birth Date:10 August 1962
Birth Place:Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma Mater:Kyiv University
Profession:Physics and Mathematics
Native Name Lang:uk

Sergiy Korsunsky (born August 10, 1962) is a Ukrainian diplomat. He previously served as Chargé d'affaires of Ukraine to the United States during 2005 and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Turkey (2008-2016). Director of the Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine in 2017-2020.

Ambassador of Ukraine to Japan (since April 2020).[1]

Education

Sergiy Korsunsky graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 1984, faculty for Mathematics and Mechanics. Doctor of Science (Physics and Mathematics).

In 1995 professional training course at the Institute for International Relations, Kyiv State University

Career

1984 — 1988 — Researcher with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

1988 — 1991 — Researcher-Consultant, Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

1991 — 1994 — Director-General of the Department for State Scientific and Technological Programs at the State Committee on Science and Technologies of Ukraine

1994 — 1995 — Secretary of the first class of the Ukraine’s National Commission for UNESCO

1995 — 1998 — Counsellor for Economy, Science and Technologies, Embassy of Ukraine to the State of Israel

1998 — 2000 — Deputy Head of the Department for Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

2000 — 2006 — Counsellor, Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of Ukraine, Washington, D.C., in 2005 charge d' Affairs a.i. of Ukraine to the United States.

2006 — 2008 — Head of the Department for Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

July 2008 — up to June 18, 2016 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Turkey[2]

October 2017 – April 2020 - Director, Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine

Since 14.04.2020 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Japan

Academic affiliations

Visiting professor Kobe Gakuin University, Japan

Honorary professor Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, Ukraine

Author publications

Author of more than 350 academic papers and other publications including 7 books, among them "Nonlinear waves in dispersive and dissipative systems with coupled fields" (Addison, Wesley. Longman, 1997), “Technology Transfer in the United States” (Kyiv, 2005), “Energy Diplomacy” (Kyiv, 2008), "Foreign Policy in Times of Transformations: how not to be left on the sidelines of history"(Kharkiv, 2020), How to build relations with Asian countries: economy, diplomacy, cultural peculiarities (Kharkiv, 2021).

Author of 10 books of fiction published in 2010-2019 under the pen-name Sergey Vladich (in Russian), as hobby

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Decree of the President of Ukraine № 142/2020. Office of the President of Ukraine. April 15, 2020. uk.
  2. http://bulutali.com/2014/02/17/interview-with-h-e-dr-sergiy-korsunsky-ukrainian-ambassador-to-ankara-iis-international-interaction-society/ Interview With H.E. Dr. Sergiy Korsunsky, Ukrainian Ambassador To Ankara (IIS – International Interaction Society)